Weakness (CWE)
CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
How to prevent it (5 mitigations)
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Implementation
For any pointers that could have been modified or provided from a function that can return NULL, check the pointer for NULL before use. When working with a multithreaded or otherwise asynchronous environment, ensure that proper locking APIs are used to lock before the check, and unlock when it has finished [REF-1484].
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Requirements
Select a programming language that is not susceptible to these issues.
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Implementation
Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is non-null before acting upon it.
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Architecture and Design
Identify all variables and data stores that receive information from external sources, and apply input validation to make sure that they are only initialized to expected values.
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Implementation
Explicitly initialize all variables and other data stores, either during declaration or just before the first usage.
Source: MITRE CWE-476
2,667 results · Feed
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High 7.5
Audiofile v0.3.7 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the ModuleState::setup function.
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High 7.5
A NULL pointer dereference in the sub_41773C function of TOTOLINK N600R v4.3.0cu.7866_B20220506 allows attackers to cau…
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High 7.5
A NULL pointer dereference in the main function of TOTOLINK N600R v4.3.0cu.7866_B20220506 allows attackers to cause a D…
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High 7.5
A NULL pointer dereference in the SetWLanRadioSettings function of D-Link DIR-823G A1 v1.0.2B05 allows attackers to cau…
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Low 3.3
DCMTK dcmqrscp dcmqrcnf.cc readPeerList null pointer dereference
A vulnerability was detected in DCMTK up to 3.6.7. The impacted element is the function DcmQueryRetrieveConfig::readPeerList of the file /dcmqrcnf.cc of the component dcmqrscp. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be appro…
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Medium 6.6
Envoy allows large requests and responses to cause TCP connection pool crash
Envoy is a cloud-native, open source edge and service proxy. Prior to 1.36.1, 1.35.5, 1.34.9, and 1.33.10, large requests and responses can potentially trigger TCP connection pool crashes due to flow control management in Envoy. It will happen when the connec…
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High 7.1
Icinga 2 Denial of Service (DoS) By Dereferencing Invalid Reference
Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system. From 2.10.0 to before 2.15.1, 2.14.7, and 2.13.13, when creating an invalid reference, such as a reference to null, dereferencing results in a segmentation fault. This can be used by any API user with access to an…
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Medium 5.5CVE-2025-9548 Public exploit
A potential null pointer dereference vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo Power Management Driver that could allow …
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High 7.5
BIG-IP APM portal access vulnerability
When a per-request policy is configured on a BIG-IP APM portal access virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not eval…
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High 7.5
BIG-IP Next (CNF, SPK, and Kubernetes) vulnerability
When HTTP/2 Ingress is configured, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
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Medium 5.5
Animate | NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
Animate versions 23.0.13, 24.0.10 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive memory information. Exploitation of this issue requi…
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High 7.7
DirectX Graphics Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability
Null pointer dereference in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
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Medium 5.3
Memory Corruption vulnerability in SAP Netweaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform
Due to the memory corruption vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform, an unauthenticated attacker can send a corrupted SAP Logon Ticket or SAP Assertion Ticket to the SAP application server. This leads to a dereference of NULL which makes the…
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Medium 5.3
Omni is Vulnerable to DoS via Empty Create/Update Resource Requests
Omni manages Kubernetes on bare metal, virtual machines, or in a cloud. Prior to 1.1.5 and 1.0.2, there is a nil pointer dereference vulnerability in the Omni Resource Service allows unauthenticated users to cause a server panic and denial of service by sendi…
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Medium 6.8
A null pointer dereference has been identified in the AsIO3.sys driver. The vulnerability can be triggered by a special…
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Medium 4.3
Invalid Pointer Dereference when receiving UDP/IPv6 packets in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP
A missing validation check in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP's UDP/IPv6 packet processing code can lead to an invalid pointer dereference when receiving a UDP/IPv6 packet with an incorrect IP version field in the packet header. This issue only affects applications using I…
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Medium 6.5
Tenda W12 HTTP Request modules wifiScheduledSet null pointer dereference
A vulnerability was found in Tenda W12 3.0.0.6(3948). The impacted element is the function wifiScheduledSet of the file /goform/modules of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument wifiScheduledSet results in null pointer dereferenc…
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Medium 6.5
Junos OS Evolved: ACX7024, ACX7024X, ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7348, ACX7509: When specific valid multicast traffic is received on the L3 interface on a vulnerable device evo-pfemand crashes and restarts
A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the PFE management daemon (evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX7024, ACX7024X, ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7348, ACX7509 devices allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.1
QTS, QuTS hero
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have alrea…
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Medium 5.3
Qsync Central
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect Qsync Central. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the f…
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Medium 5.3
Qsync Central
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect Qsync Central. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the f…